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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” --W. Somerset Maugham https://twitter.com/nadiabulkin/status/1365010996188901385
People who have written novels: what's your best advice for writing a novel? Please share! ⤵️
https://youtu.be/dN3wEdK_vxw
NOMADLAND is a grim reminder of Gibson's aphorism that "the future is already here--it's just not evenly distributed." I once naively thought that meant the shiny, cool future of tech would trickle down--now I realize it also refers to post-apocalyptic futures that seep up.
Sorry, you lose the right to complain about partisanship once you've fanned the flames of violent insurrection. https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1364628986769399818
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) goes off on Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) during USPS oversight hearing:
“I didn’t vote to overturn an election. And I will not be lectured by people who did about partisanship.”
People are really trying to dissect what is a "cage," what is a "facility," what is a "shelter," when the bigger issue we should be dissecting is very simple: why have we as a country been criminalizing migration from the Global South since the 1990s and even before that?
blndbmbshltr
Oh shit, they’ve figured me out
shunn
Bob told me about this entry before I saw it. The first words out of my mouth: “Separated at birth.” He just started to laugh.
shunn
Re: Oh shit, they’ve figured me out
Damn. I wanted to be the <blink> tag.
couscous1021
Now you and Bob should do that rational sober crazy person test i’ve been seeing. If you get the same result again, I’d sit down with your respective parents and have a chat 🙂
shunn
We got different results, thank God!
admin
Re: Oh shit, they’ve figured me out
That got a big laugh out of me. I don’t know enough people who’re irredeemable. This should be fun. I also haven’t met too many veterans on LJ (probably the lefty circles I travel in). Welcome to the Monkey House, Natasha.
admin
Yeah, Bill and I were comparing notes at the office and laughing our asses off over those personality tests.
blndbmbshltr
Re: Oh shit, they’ve figured me out
Hmmm, from the snake pit to the monkey house. Should be interesting.
I actually have a few friends, not on LJ, who are veterans and who are very liberal. I don’t know if it’s because I live in Austin or if it’s just because birds of a feather flock together.
admin
Re: Oh shit, they’ve figured me out
I’m a liberal and a veteran (Coast Guard and Army Reserve), and I live in New York City, but I don’t know many other liberal veterans personally.
blndbmbshltr
Re: Oh shit, they’ve figured me out
Well then, I guess I do have an LJ friend who is a liberal veteran. It’s about time…. 🙂